Montana Mother Challenges Massive AI Data Center Development Near Her Rural Home
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Juliet Macur, Will Warasila
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Summary
Kassi Solberg, a 43-year-old mother and rural Montana resident, is fighting against a Houston company's plan to build a massive 5,000-acre AI data center campus near her property. Despite being told she can't stop the development—which would be the size of 3,800 football fields—she continues to attend town council meetings demanding information and transparency. The project is part of a nationwide boom in AI data center construction, and local officials have shown hostility toward her activism, with the mayor even threatening to call the sheriff during one meeting.
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